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Methodological Seminary

Methodological Seminary

Code	5935
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(4H)/S(39H)
Scientific area	Philosophy
Mode of delivery	Classroom course, theoretical and practical.
Work placements	Doesn't apply.
Learning outcomes	Introducing students to current practice of written production of papers in Philosophy. By the end of this Curriculum Unit, students should be able to read, interpret and possess the main instrumental requirements to write a paper on their area of philosophical interest. By the end of the course, students will have the ability to analyze, reflect and think critically about philosophical texts.
Syllabus	A. Theoretical classes: Towards a History of Distributive Justice. 1. Historical theoretical introduction: 1.1. Justice: theory and/or phenomenon? 1.2. Distributive Justice theories: a) Justice without thought? The political phenomenon in metazoan kingdom. b) Archaic Thought: from Pre-History to the Pre-Classical world. c) Ancient Thought: Pre-Socratics, Plato and Aristotle. d) Medieval Thought: Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas. e) Modern Thought: Hobbes, Kant, Marx and Stuart Mill. f) Contemporary Thought: John Rawls and Robert Nozick B. Practical workshops. 2. Practical/creative workshop. 2.1. What is a theory of moral relevance? a) Moral facts; b) Theory of value; 2.2. Theory of moral obligation. 2.3. Theory of rights/duties. 2.4. Theory of distributive justice.
Main Bibliography	• Ridley, Matt, The origins of virtue; human instincts and the evolution of cooperation. NY: Penguin Books, 1996. • Gagarin, Michael and Paul Woodruff, ed., Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists. Cambridge: Cambr. UP, 1995. • Platão, República. Lisboa: FCG, 1996. • Aristóteles, Política. Lisboa: Vega, 1998. • Atkins, E. M. and R. J. Dodaro, ed., Augustine, Augustine: Political Writings. Cambridge: Cambr. UP, 2001. • Dyson, R. W., ed., Aquinas: Political Writings. Cambridge: CUP, 2002. • Hobbes, Thomas, Leviatã. Lisboa: INCM, 1999. • Kant, Political Writings. Cambridge: CUP, 1991). • Marx, Karl, Early Political Writings. Cambridge: CUP, 1994. • Marx, Karl, Later Political Writings. Cambrige: CUP, 1996. • Mill, J. S., Sobre a Liberdade. Lisboa: Ed. 70, 2006. • Rawls, John, A Theory of Justice. Cambridge and Massachusetts: Harvard University Press: 1999. • Nozick, Robert, Anarchy, State, and Utopia. US: Basic Books, 1977.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.